--- description: A uniformed law-enforcement officer in the U.K. was mistaken for a male stripper when he accidentally walked in on a 50th birthday party. title: Police Officer Mistaken For Stripper at 50th Birthday Party image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police Officer Mistaken for Stripper at 50th Birthday Party  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 31, 2016 7:46 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 31, 2016 7:46 PM CUT A uniformed law-enforcement officer in the U.K. was [mistaken for a male stripper](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-35453852 "undefined") Saturday when he accidentally walked in on a 50th birthday party. Mike Ober, [a police community support officer](https://www.gov.uk/police-community-support-officers-what-they-are "undefined"), told the BBC he was on patrol when he noticed the door to a social club in Wiltshire was propped open and decided to “poke his head” in to investigate. He was shocked to find a group of women who “went wild with excitement” thinking he was the stripper they had ordered for their party. “The party was about to get started and they thought I was early,” he said. “As I went in, there were loud cheers and someone shouted, ‘Oh, are you the stripogram?’” “I had to beat a hasty retreat,” added Ober, who is in his mid-20s and engaged, according to the BBC. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-35453852 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4201594/police-officer-stripogram-party/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4201594/police-officer-stripogram-party/"},"headline":"Police Officer Mistaken for Stripper at 50th Birthday Party","datePublished":"2016-01-31T19:46:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:30.261Z","description":"\"Oh, are you the stripogram?\"","url":"https://time.com/4201594/police-officer-stripogram-party/","keywords":["Newsfeed","U.K.","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4201594/police-officer-stripogram-party/","name":"Police Officer Mistaken for Stripper at 50th Birthday Party"}}]}] ```